Citgo reports fire at Corpus Christi refinery in Texas

The fire started earlier this week but resulted in no injuries, a Citgo official said. An investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing, the official said. The Corpus refinery has a capacity of 163,000 bpd.

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By BEN LEFEBVRE

Citgo Petroleum Corp. said a
small fire that broke out at its refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas,
forced the shutdown of its platformer unit 4.

The fire started at 9 p.m. on Tuesday but
resulted in no injuries, a Citgo official said. An
investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing, the
official said.

Citgo is the operating subsidiary of
Venezuela's national oil company Petroleos de Venezuela. The
company's Corpus Christi refinery has operating capacity of
163,000 bpd.

Dow Jones Newswires

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